The Infinity Stone

9

" I assumed I would find you here." 

Aria looked up from her book, surprised to see Loki. " Here I am." She mumbled out, returning back to her book.
"Does marrying me really upset you so much?" Aria sighed, and closed her eyes. Loki had been rather paranoid lately, and she doesn't understand why or when this happened. 

" It's not you Loki, it's just the thought of being married in general. It being so forced, away from my home, my family," Aria refused to make eye contact with him, afraid he would see weakness within her eyes. " Anyway, why do you even care so much?" She asked, finding her place in her book again. Loki straightened up from his place.
" It doesn't," he left her in her own thoughts, storming out of the room. 

Aria slammed her book shut and let out a groan. After a few moments, she decided to walk around before calling it a night. " God I miss music." She said to herself, she would always love walking around with music, being able to focus on just the music and where she would be going. Unfortunately, she could only listen to what was around her, leading her to hearing an honest conversation. 

" I don't understand why it bothered me so much mother. She's right, why do I care. I shouldn't, why in the worlds would I want to marry that halfing?" Aria stopped in the middle on her tracks, she contemplated in continuing on with her walk, but decided he's eavesdropped on plenty of her conversations to care. 

" Because she's beautiful, strong, brilliant, and you care for her, possibly even beginning to love her."  Loki choked on nothing at his mother bluntness.
" I don't love her! Why would you even suggest such a thing? She's just a burden, and a mess, and a disaster waiting to happen." He managed to stutter out, when he saw the look in his mothers eyes, he knew everything he had said was a lie.
" You know I can read your lies darling. You care about what she thinks of you, and when she seemed timid about the wedding date, you felt hurt, and that's okay. But I still think you should talk to her. Tell her what you are feeling, you're already getting married, might as well be honest with her." 

Loki was silent for a while, thinking about what he was told. Could it really be that I care for her? What if I do tell her and she still hates me? 

" Loki, you are overthinking it again." Frigga had always been the only one to be able to read his body language, till Aria arrived. 
" What is she still despises me?"

" Ask her. For now, go rest. It's been a long day for you." Loki nodded, and made his way out of his mothers room. He leaned against the closed door and ran his hand threw his face unsettled about everything he was told from his parents today.  

Aria had also been unsettled, after hearing Frigga tell Loki she could see his lies, she left. Uncertain what this meant, she always assumed he hated her, and that she had ruined his life and was a burden. When she went into her temporary chambers, she sat on her bed. Her check felt wet, and so she went to see if there was a cut in the mirror. Her eyes widened when she saw no cut, but she almost wish there was. 

She tried to wipe away the tears, but more would replace them. " I want to go home." She whispered out, wishing her father could hear the words and come bring her home. 

" My Lady! What are you doing on the floor?" Aria's shot up when she heard the voice and looked around, she was indeed on lying on the floor.

" The bed is too soft." 

The maids helped her stand and get dressed. " Can you believe that the prince will be crowned tomorrow?" She said, in a chirpy mood, something Aria was envious of.
" No, I can't." She mumbled out, looking out through the window, wanting nothing more than to leave. Before she could be free from this torture, Frigga took Aria to be measured for her dress for her wedding that would take place the day after tomorrow.